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Geran Tarr
Alaska State Legislature
Representative for Alaska's 17th District
Lightship
Bruce Agnew
Cascadia Center
Director; Working Group Co-chair
Steve Allan
Calgary Economic Development
Corporate Director
Jeff Allen
Forth
Executive Director
Zak Andersen
BNSF Railway
Vice President Corporate Relations
Shawna Argue
Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
Director of Registration; Working Group Co-chair
Dan Avery
Oregon Department of Energy
Senior Policy Analyst
Kent Bacus
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Director of International Trade and Market Access
Bill Barton
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
State Veterinarian
Dr. Mohit Baxi
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Director of Animal Import and Export
Christian Baxter
Teck Resources Limited
Director of Environmental Strategy
Martina Beck
BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Invasive Fauna Unit Head
Rep. Scott Bedke
Idaho State Legislature
Representative
David Bennett
FortisBC
Director of Communications and External Relations
Alisha Benson
Greater Spokane Incorporated
Chief Operations Officer
Alan Bersin
Dept of Homeland Security
Former Assistant Secretary
Todd Beyreuther
KATERRA
Senior Director, Advanced Building Materials
Dr. Danelle Bickett-Widdle
Iowa State University
Associate Director, Center for Food Security and Public Health
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Shawn Bills
Office of Senator Patty Murray
State Director
Hon. Deron Bilous
Government of Alberta
Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Leslie Blakey
Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors
President
Becky Bogard
Bogard & Johnson LLC
Managing Member
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Dr. Gary Brickler
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Director (D 6), Veterinary Services
David Brock
Government of Saskatchewan
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment
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Dave Brown
Double B Farms, WA
LLC Dairy Cattle Dealer-Exporter
Gerry Bruno
Vancouver Airport Athority
VP Federal Government Affairs
Anne Brunet Burgess
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
General Manager
Justin Bush
Washington Invasive Species Council
Executive Coordinator
George Caan
Washington Public Utility District Association
Executive Director
Allan Cahoon
Royal Roads University
President and Vice Chancellor
Scott Cameron
Department of Interior
Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
Richard Cannings, MP
House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Robert Carberry
Carberry Insights and Associates Inc.
Founder
Ana Mari Cauce
University of Washington
President; Co-Facilitator
Rep. Bruce Chandler
Washington State Legislature
Representative
Sen. Maralyn Chase
Washington State Legislature
Legislator
Hon. Ken Cheveldayoff
Government of Saskatchewan
Dr. Jette Christensen
Canada-West Swine Health Intelligence Network
Manager
Vicki Christiansen
U.S. Forest Service
Interim Chief
Dr. John Clifford
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Chief Trade Advisor, Veterinary National Import and Export Services
David Condon
City of Spokane
Mayor
Hon. Katrine Conroy
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Minister for MCFD; Minister responsible for CRT, CBT, and CPC
Sen. Mia Costello
Alaska State Legislature
Legislator; Working Group Co-chair
Traci Couture
Office of Rep McMorris Rodgers
District Director
Dave Cowen
The Butchart Gardens
CEO; Working Group Co-chair
Rep. Mike Cuffe
Montana State Legislature
Legislator
Mary Cullinan
Eastern Washington University
President; Co-Facilitator
Marc Cummings
Washington Life Sciences
Vice President of Public Policy & External Affairs
Paul Dangerfield
Capilano University
President
Rose Marie Davis
United States Customs and Border Protection
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Tammy Davis
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Invasive Species Program Coordinator
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Michael Dembrow
Oregon State Legislature
Senator
Nirav Desai
Moonbeam
Senior Partner
Daryll DeWald
WSU Health Sciences Spokane
Chancellor
Katherine Dhanani
U.S. Consulate in Vancouver
Consul General
Pamela Dingle
Microsoft
Director of Identity Standards
Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD
University of Washington Medical School
Associate Dean, Translational Science
David Docherty
Mount Royal University
President
David Doeringsfeld
Port of Lewiston
General manager
Larry Doke
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
MLA, Working Group Co-Chair
Rep. Mary Dye
Washington State Legislature
Representative
Lynn Embury-Williams
Wood WORKS! BC
BC Executive Director
Charlton Evans
End State Solutions
Founder and Principle Consultant
Sylvain Fabi
Global Affairs Canada
Executive Director, U.S. Transboundary Affairs
Michael Farber
Ratio Innovation Management LLC
Managing Partner
Rendall Farley
Avista
Manager, Electric Transportation
Jake Fey
Washington House of Representative
Represenative
Jack Field
Washington Cattle Feeders’ Association
Executive Director
Joel Fisher
Verizon
IoT Business Development Specialist, Smart Cities & Smart Grid
Jennifer Fox
North American Strategy for Competitiveness
Vice President, International Trade Policy & Canada Relations
Michael Frank
McKinstry
Vice President of Engineering
Hilary Franz
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Commissioner of Public Lands
Paolo Gallina
Yukon
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Dr. Sunny Geiser-Novotny
USDA APHIS, Veterinary Services
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Wendy Gerlitz
NW Energy Coalition
Policy Director
Terry Gestrin
Idaho State Legislature
Legislator
Lars Gilberts
University District Development Association
CEO
Gynii Gilliam
Coeur d'Alene Economic Development Corporation
President & CEO
Dave Glaser
MoFi
President
Rick Glumac
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
Parliamentary Secretary for Technology, Working Group Co-Chair
Celia Gould
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Director
Angus Graeme
Selkirk College
President and CEO
Reema Griffith
Washington State Transportation Commission
Executive Director
Tom Hagen
Enterprise Initiatives, Inc.
President
Mike Hagood
INL
Director, Regional Initiatives
Michael Hall
CAN Livestock Genetics
Executive Director
Glen Hart, MLA
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Deputy Speaker
Jill Harvie
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Programs Manager; Working Group Co-chair
Sen. Lee Heider
Idaho Legislature
Senator
Brian Heise
Invasive Species Council of British Columbia
Chair
Rep. Ken Helm
Oregon State Legislature District 34
Legislator
Matthew Hepner
Certified Electrical Workers of Washington (IBEW)
Executive Director
Stephanie Hester
Montana Invasive Species Council
David Hill
Alberta Water Research Institute
Program Director; Working Group Co-chair
Richard Hodges
Impact Washington
Account Executive – Eastern and Central Washington
Robert Hodgman
Washington State Department of Transportation
Senior Aviation Planner
Eric Holdeman
Center for Regional Disaster Resilience
Director; Working Group Co-chair
Sen. Jim Honeyford
Washington State Legislature
Legislator; Working Group Co-chair
Rick Honsinger
eColbalt Solutions, Inc.
Senior Vice President
Terry Van Horn
Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation
Executive Director
Chad Houck
State of Idaho
Deputy Secretary
DA
Dr. Aimee Hunt
USDA APHIS- Veterinary Services
Epidemiology Officer, District 6 (WA, OR, AK)
Dr Amber Itle
WA Department of Agriculture
Asst. State Veterinarian
Joe Jackson
Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association
Director
Jim Jensen
Washington State University
Senior Bioenergy and Alternative Fuels Specialist
James Johnsen
University of Alaska
President
Christine Johnson
Community Colleges of Spokane
Chancellor; Co-Facilitator
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Phil Jones
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Former Commissioner
John Jordan
Province of British Columbia
Executive Director, Services Strategy, Office of the CIO
Dr. Brian Joseph
Washington State Department of Agriculture
State Veterinarian
Travis Joseph
American Forest Resource Council
President; Working Group Co-chair
Isaac Kastama
Water Street Public Affairs LLC
Managing Partner
David Kenney
Oregon BEST
President and Executive Director
Manjit Kerr-Upal
BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategies
Director, Conservation Science
Nicole Kimmel
Alberta Invasive Species Council
Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist
Curt Kirkeby
Avista Utilities
Electrical Engineer
Dan Kirschner
Northwest Gas Association
Executive Director
Lindsay Kislock
Mining Association of BC
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Lloyd Knight
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Administrator, Division of Plant Industries
Charles Knutson
Office of Governor Jay Inslee
Executive Policy Advisor
Dr. Paul Kohrs
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Sumas Port
Patrick Kole
Idaho Potato Commission
Working Group Co-Chair, Vice President Legal & Government Affairs
Mayor Deb Kozak
City of Nelson, BC
Mayor
Kleo Landucci
Ashcroft Terminal
Managing Director
Bill Lane
Trade for America
Executive Director
Dennis Laycraft
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Executive Vice President
Brandon Lee
Consulate General of Canada in Seattle
Consul General
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Dr. Keith Lehman
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Chief Provincial Veterinarian
Bruce Lippke
University of Washington
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Environmental and Forest Science
Jalene Littlejohn
Samara Group
Director
Hon. Robyn Luff
Canadian Legislative Assembly
MLA
John D. Scott M.D., M.Sc.
Hepatitis and Liver Clinic at Harborview
UW’s Medical Director for Telemedicine
Rep. Nicole Macri
Washington State Legislature
Representative
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Dr. Kristin Mansfield
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
State Wildlife Veterinarian
Jeff Marker
Idaho Transportation Department
Freight Program Manager
Steve Marshall
City of Bellevue
Transportation Technology Partnership Manager
Mark Masongsong
UrbanLogiq
CEO & Co-Founder
Patrick J. Massey
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Regional Director, Office of Infrastructure Protection
David Matthews
Consultant
Cyber Expert
Mark Mattke
Spokane Area Workforce Development Council
CEO
Dione Mazzolini
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seattle Division
Assistant Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator
WM
Wes McCart
Stevens County Commission
Stevens County Commissioner – District 1
Thayne McCulloh
Gonzaga University
President
Hon. Bob McLeod
Government of Northwest Territories
Premier
Ron Melton
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Senior Power Systems Engineer
Stephen Metruck
Port of Seattle
Executive Director
Hon. Warren Michelson
Saskatchewan Legislative Academy
MLA
Kathleen Murray
Whitman College
President
Vinay Narayan
HTC Vive
Vice President, Americas Product and Operations
Sarah Navarro
Oregon Department Of Forestry
Forest Pathologist
Chet Neufeld
Saskatchewan Invasive Species Council
Executive Director
Under Secretary Bill Northey
United States Department of Agriculture
Paul Nursey
Tourism Victoria
President And CEO Of Tourism
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Dr. Renee Oleck
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
National Animal Import Center & Port Services Director
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John Ollis
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Power System Analyst
John Ossowski
Canada Border Services Agency
President
Taskin Padir
Northeastern University
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark A. Pagano
University of Washington-Tacoma
Chancellor
Andrew Pape-Salmon
Government of British Columbia
Executive Director, Building and Safety Standards Branch
Marina Parr
Washington Workforce Board
Communications Director
Mark Peck
Montana
Lincoln County Commissioner 1, Working Group Co-Chair
BP
Bryan Petit
Senator Maria Cantwell's Office, US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Senior Professional Staff Member
Marie-Claude Petit
Transport Canada
Director General, Transportation Infrastructure Programs
Jeffrey Phillips
Dawson Strategic
Managing Director
Lucia Piazza
U.S. Consulate in Calgary
Consul General
Honourable Lana Popham
Government of British Columbia
Minister of Agriculture
Darryl Potyk, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Chief of Medical Education, Associate Dean
Carol Prest
Government of British Columbia
Registrar and Executive Director
Brett Purdy, PhD
Alberta Innovates
Executive Director, Water and Land
Stephen Quin
Midas Gold Corporation
President, CEO, Director
Kyle Quinn
PACCAR
Chief Technology Officer
Debbie Radie
Boardman Foods, Inc.
Vice President of Operations
David Ramsay
Fortune Minerals
Director; Working Group Co-chair
Tom Ranken
CleanTech Alliance
CEO and President
Jeff Reardon
Oregon State Legislature
Representative
Drummond Reed
Evernym
Chief Trust Officer
Rep. Matt Regier
Montana State Legislature
Legislator
Sen. Keith Regier
Montana State Legislature
Senator
Evan Reis
U.S. Resiliency Council
Director, PE, SE, Executive Director, Co-Founder
Scott Revell
Roza Irrigation District
District Manager
Brad Richy
Idaho Office of Emergency Management
Director
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Dr. Noel Ritson-Bennett
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Veterinary Program Specialist
CR
Colin Robertson
Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Vice President and Fellow
Arnie Roblan
Oregon State Legislature, Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Senator, President
George Roe
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Research Professor
SR
Susan Roe
Department of Fisheries
National Manager for Aquatic Invasive Species
Mark Romoff
CEO & President
Canadian Council on P3s
John Ross
Canadian Pork Council
Co-chair, LMIS & Executive Director
Derek Sandison
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Director
Chris Sands
Johns Hopkins Center School of Advanced International Studies
Senior Research Professor, Director of the Center for Canadian Studies
Nate Sandvig
National Grid Ventures
Director, US Strategic Growth
Melissa Sassi
Microsoft
Senior Manager of the Airband Initiative
Deborah Saucier
MacEwan University
President
Laurel Sayer
Midas Gold Idaho, Inc.
Board Member, President & CEO
Kirk Schulz
Washington State University
President
John D. Scott, MD, MSc
Harborview Medical Center
Medical Director, Telehealth
Amgad Shehata
UPS
Senior Vice President
Jill Smail
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Rep. David Brock Smith
Oregon State Legislature District 1
Legislator
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